Hello. This post is meant to make abundantly clear the reduction in sexual pleasure and functioning which accompanies the amputation of the foreskin. I will continue to add more links when I get the time.

I encourage that we use the term "foreskin amputation," instead of "circumcision." Using the term "circumcision" legitimizes this act as a worthwhile medical procedure. But it isn't. As this article elucidates, any of the supposed "benefits" that accompany foreskin amputation - such as reduction in STD transfer rates, cleanliness, etc. - are only myths derived from very poorly constructed studies designed to promote an agenda.

In reality, foreskin amputation is a procedure which offers no benefits at all, and instead a rather long list of drastic consequences, as described below:

• "The glans of the circumcised penis is less sensitive to fine touch than the glans of the uncircumcised penis. The transitional region from the external to the internal prepuce is the most sensitive region of the uncircumcised penis and more sensitive than the most sensitive region of the circumcised penis. Circumcision ablates the most sensitive parts of the penis."

• Foreskin amputated men are 4.5 times more likely to experience erectile dysfunction, likely due to decreased sensitivity. The U.S. consumes 47% of the world's viagra, probably due to so many men being foreskin amputated.

• Here is testimony of men foreskin amputated as adults. Here's a second testimony. And here's a third. Each of these men agree that the reduction in sensation and pleasure is devastating. These men all claim that the difference is like being color blind compared to seeing in color.

• Here's a large scale study. "For the glans penis, circumcised men reported decreased sexual pleasure and lower orgasm intensity. They also stated more effort was required to achieve orgasm)."

• Women prefer sex with an intact men, as the foreskin has a gliding mechanism which makes sex more enjoyable. "Circumcision was associated with frequent orgasm difficulties in Danish men and with a range of frequent sexual difficulties in women, notably orgasm difficulties, dyspareunia and a sense of incomplete sexual needs fulfilment."

• Here's a video of a guy getting multiple orgasms in the span of a few minutes rubbing only his foreskin.

This is all obviously incredibly upsetting news. It is okay to be angry. It is okay to be depressed. The non-consensual foreskin amputation of a child is an atrocious crime, and it is one that we cannot continue to permit.

Fortunately, there is some good news. It is possible to regain a fair amount of pleasure and functioning. Foreskin restoration is a non-surgical method which gradually creates a faux-foreskin via stretching. Otherwise, there is also a team of scientists who are currently researching ways to restore the foreskin entirely using regenerative medicine.